Tag Archive | "European Comics"

Blake & Mortimer – getting (a little) better each time I read one…

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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The Adventures Of Blake & Mortimer: The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent – Part 1 By Yves Sente and André Juillard Cinebook A quick recap - Mortimer’s the beardy nuclear physicist, Blake’s the dashing agent of MI5, and through a series of 11 volumes, from 1950 to 1971, their creator Edgar P. Jacobs set them against [...]

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XIII – Full Red – An Ending. Or at least the first ending….

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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XIII Volume 5: Full Red By Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook Another Van Hamme series that I love. I’m never really sure whether I enjoy XIII or Largo Winch more – I think it all depends on which I’m currently reading. All I know is that I’m extremely grateful to Cinebook for bringing [...]

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“Just” Another Lucky Luke Tale ……

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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Lucky Luke Volume 26: The Bounty Hunter By Goscinny and  Morris Cinebook Another Lucky Luke – another classy little tale of the wild west. You all know Lucky Luke – or you would if you lived on the continent where the adventures of Lucky Luke; the fastest (and coolest) cowboy in the west has been [...]

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Largo Winch – the saga continues….. magnificent.

Monday, February 28, 2011

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Largo Winch Volume 7: Golden Gate By Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq Cinebook At this stage, having reviewed the previous 6 Cinebook volumes (and 10 parts – the first 4 volumes were double sized) I’m at the stage where it’s getting a little silly doing these individual volume reviews. Here’s a selection of bits [...]

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Billy & Buddy

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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Billy & Buddy Volume 2: Bored Silly With Billy By Roba Cinebook Billy & Buddy is another one of those best-selling French language comics that I’m going to be a bit stand-offish about. Not because it’s necessarily bad (it isn’t), but because I simply found it too simplistic, too hackneyed for my tastes. Billy and [...]

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Thorgal Volume 9 – The Guardian Of The Keys

Monday, February 21, 2011

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Thorgal Volume 9 – The Guardian Of The Keys by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski Cinebook Another of those Thorgal books that I’ve had an off-on relationship with over the last 8 volumes. Initially I was sceptical, but with volumes 7 & 8 I found myself succumbing to Van Hamme’s invention within the sword [...]

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Spirou & Fantasio In New York

Friday, February 18, 2011

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Spirou & Fantasio In New York Written by Philippe Vandevelde (Tome), illustrated by Jean-Richard Geurts (Janry) Cinebook The second volume is Cinebook’s reprinting of the classic tales of Spirou and Fantasio, and it’s no surprise to find out two intrepid adventuring journalists up to their neck in all the trouble the Big Apple can offer. I [...]

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Lucky Luke – The Stagecoach

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Lucky Luke Volume 25 – The Stagecoach by Goscinny and Morris Cinebook C’mon, surely most of you at least have heard of Lucky Luke? Surely? It’s one of the most iconic and well loved European series – or at least it is in mainland Europe. Sadly, the simple joy of “the man who shoots faster [...]

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All that we see or seem. Is but a dream within a dream…. Sleepyheads

Monday, February 7, 2011

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Sleepyheads By Randall C Blank Slate Books Sleepyheads exists in a suitably dreamlike state, working upon you surreptitiously, wave after wave of quiet, beautifully rendered panels and pages that build and build. Into what, I’m still not entirely sure, but this is one book where the joy of reading is the experience of the journey. [...]

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Long John Silver – classy, classic stuff….

Friday, February 4, 2011

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Long John Silver Volume 1: Lady Vivian Hastings By Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Lauffray Cinebook Well, here’s a very pleasant surprise. I didn’t know what to expect from this Cinebook release, having not read anything about it prior to opening it. And to be honest I wasn’t that keen to start – the cover and [...]

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Crusade Volume 1

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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Crusade Volume 1: Simoun Dja By Jean Dufaux and Philippe Xavier Cinebook Crusade is attempting to tell a really interesting quasi-historical tale mixing the dubious morality of the Crusades with a healthy dose of mysticism and fantasy. It’s well done, with plenty of action and intrigue and overall, it’s a damn fine introduction to the [...]

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I.R.$. – taxes have never been so thrilling…..

Monday, January 3, 2011

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I.R.$ Volume 2: Blue Ice / Narcocracy by Stephen Desberg and Bernard Vrancken Cinebook Okay, here’s another one of those Cinebook volumes that I could essentially point you at the review of Volume 1 and tell you that this one essentially says all the same things, just in a different order, with a different plot [...]

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XIII – SPADS …another volume of the best thriller around

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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XIII Volume 4: SPADS by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook Okay, let’s get this out of the way. It is a terrible cover. I know it is. Looks like a bad Photoshop job. I have no idea why the cover that’s actually all over the Internet wasn’t used, but nevermind. It honestly doesn’t [...]

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The Complete Universe Of Dupuy Berberian – where I run out out of synonyms for gorgeous

Sunday, December 12, 2010

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The Complete Universe (Or Most Of It) Of Dupuy Berberian Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian Oog & Blik Dupuy and Berberian are two French artists whose work I’d seen over the years but never managed to get around to picking anything up by them. Just from the bits I’d seen I knew I was going to [...]

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XIII – This time it’s a prison, next time he’s going to be a soldier – every time it’s a thrill

Monday, November 8, 2010

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XIII Volume 3: All The Tears Of Hell by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook “XIII is a saga where the reader should expect me to pull out the one rabbit he did not expect” Jean Van Hamme. I queued up once for 3 hours for a rollercoaster ride in America. I saw the [...]

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